Calories burned according to treadmill readout vs MyFitnessPal estimation
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queensley69
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After a treadmill or stairmaster workout, what the machine's readout states are my calories-burned is always substantially lower than what MyFitnessPal gives when I enter that same workout. MyFitnessPal sometimes logs as much as twice what the machine said.
Anyone else having this happen?...
Anyone else having this happen?...
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Yes. Mfp always gives me a very generous estimation. I do home workouts and my elliptical's own readouts weren't working, so I got a heart rate monitor. I go by that. Except in the case of yoga, mfp always gives me a much higher number of burned calories than I actually burned0
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I use an HRM and the number it gives me is always much closer to the machine than MFP.0
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Ah. SO I should DEFINITELY stop trusting MFP on calories burned. That explains.. a LOT. *sigh*
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queensley69 wrote: »After a treadmill or stairmaster workout, what the machine's readout states are my calories-burned is always substantially lower than what MyFitnessPal gives when I enter that same workout. MyFitnessPal sometimes logs as much as twice what the machine said.
Anyone else having this happen?...
yes, I had that same question yesterday and today. Which one do you use for your diary?
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Maybe we should tell Mfp about this?0
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queensley69 wrote: »Ah. SO I should DEFINITELY stop trusting MFP on calories burned. That explains.. a LOT. *sigh*
Thanks for the info!
yup LOL
the HRM i borrowed was very close to the machine (when you input your weight and all) - so i use that. mfp estimates are way off LOL0 -
What entries are you using?0
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